TOKYO -- An unusually powerful typhoon packing 155 mph gusts is approaching the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. Okinawa weather officials projected that Typhoon Bolaven would be the strongest ...

A powerful typhoon pummelled Japans southern island of Okinawa Saturday, injuring at least 17, as weather officials warned the storm would rip through the Japanese archipelago over the weekend.

(AP) The strongest typhoon to hit Okinawa in several years lashed the southern Japanese island and surrounding areas Sunday, injuring four people and cutting off power to about 30,000 households.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A large powerful typhoon moved slowly towards Japan's Okinawa island chain on Saturday, packing heavy winds that disrupted flights and knocked out power. Typhoon Vongfong, Japan's ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - Japanese refiner Nansei Sekiyu KK, wholly owned by Brazil's state-run Petrobras , said it shut its 100,000 barrels per day Nishihara refinery in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, ...